Subjective caregiver burden: validity of the 10-item short version of the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers BSFC-s

Subjective caregiver burden: validity of the 10-item short version of the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers BSFC-s

BACKGROUND Subjective burden is a central variable describing the situation encountered by family caregivers. The 10-item short version of the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers (BSFC-short/BSFC-s) was developed to provide an economical measure of this variable. The present study examined the reliability and validity of the BSFC-s. METHODS Comprehensive data from "the IDA project" were the ba...

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The burden of caring for family caregivers of the elderly with chronic diseases in Tehran, 1398

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The Effect of Psycho-educational Intervention on the Caregiver burden among Caregivers of Hemodialysis Patients

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